       (wait-for "page-conference-detail")
       (taxi/wait-until #(= "1" (text "text-icon-panel-number")))
 
-      ;go back to conferecne list page
-      (click "conference-voices-brand")
-      (wait-for "page-conference-list")
-
       ; searches for and navigates to the future conference of the series
-      (taxi/click ".tt-input")
-      (taxi/send-keys ".tt-input" future-conference-name)
-      (wait-for "conference-suggestion-template")
-      (click "conference-suggestion-template")
+      (search-for-and-navigate-to-conference future-conference-name)
 
       ; checks that the rating is also visible to the future conference of the same series
-      (wait-for "page-conference-detail")
       (is (= conference-series (s/lower-case (text "text-conference-series")))) ; different chromedrivers treat css transform differently
       (is (= future-conference-name (s/lower-case (text "text-conference-name"))))
       (is (= (str "Note: This ratings are aggregated from ratings of previous " conference-series " conferences.") (text "aggregated-ratings-info")))
 
-      ;go back to conferecne list page
-      (click "conference-voices-brand")
-      (wait-for "page-conference-list")
-
-      ;search for newly created past conference
-      (taxi/click ".tt-input")
-      (taxi/send-keys ".tt-input" conference-name)
-      (wait-for "conference-suggestion-template")
-      (click "conference-suggestion-template")
+      ;search for and navigate to newly created past conference
+      (search-for-and-navigate-to-conference past-conference-name)
 
       ; edits past conference
       (wait-for "page-conference-detail")

      ; adds past conference
      (wait-for "page-add-conference")
      (fill-input {"input-conference-series"      conference-series
                   "input-conference-name"        conference-name
                   "input-conference-link"        conference-link
                   "input-conference-description" conference-description})
      (fill-past-date "date-conference-from")
      (fill-past-date "date-conference-to")
      (click "button-create-conference")

      ; detail page of the newly added conference
      (wait-for "page-conference-detail")
      (is (= conference-series (s/lower-case (text "text-conference-series")))) ; different chromedrivers treat css transform differently
      (is (= past-conference-name (text "text-conference-name")))
      (is (not-empty (text "text-conference-from-to-dates")))
      (is (= past-conference-link (text "text-conference-link")))
      (is (= past-conference-description (text "text-conference-description")))
      (is (= "This conference has not been rated yet. Be the first one to give it your voice!" (text "no-ratings-info")))

      ; adds future conference series
